PGP(5.0) User Manual PGP(5.0)
NAMEpgp.cfg - Format of the configuration file used by pgp5(1).
DESCRIPTION
The default location for this file is ~/.pgp. You may specify another
location by setting the environment variable PGPPATH. SH COMMAND-LINE
SPECIFICATION All PGP applications accept these options as command-line
arguments, as well. Command line arguments always override the config‐
uration file. Options are specified with a double-dash (--) or plus
(+), followed by an equal sign (=) and the value, if appropriate. For
example, to specify the public keyring to use on an encryption opera‐
tion:
pgpe -r foo@bar.baz.com --pubring=~/fooring.pkr
To turn on text mode, in an encryption:
pgpe -r foo@bar.baz.com --textmode
OPTIONS
The following configuration options are supported, both in the pgp.cfg
file and on the command line of PGP applications. Case is not impor‐
tant in specifying the variable names, but may be in specifying file‐
names, depending on your operating environment. Immediately following
each option is a description of its type: Boolean is either "1" or
"on" or "0" or "off"; String is a string; and Integer is a number.
Armor Boolean. Turns ASCII armoring on or off. The default is off.
ArmorLines
Integer. Specifies the maximum number of lines that may be con‐
tained in an ASCII armored message. Messages longer than this
number of lines will be broken up into multi-part ASCII armored
messages. A value of zero indicates an unlimited number of
lines. The default is zero.
AutoServerFetch
Boolean. If on, when adding keys with pgpk(1), if a specified
key file is not found, it is assumed to be the name of a key to
retrieve from your default key server (see HTTPKeyServerHost and
HTTPKeyServerPort, below). Some intelligence is attempted; even
if this is on, if it is obvious a file was intended (if the
first characters are either "/" or "./"), a fetch will not be
made. The default is on.
Compress
Boolean. Specifies whether messages should be compressed prior
to encryption. The default is on.
EncryptToSelf
Boolean. If on, automatically encrypts all messages to your
default key, as well as to the intended recipient. Intended to
allow you to read encrypted mail you've sent. The default is
off.
FastKeyGen
Boolean. Utilizes pre-generated prime numbers for certain ini‐
tial operations on DSS/Diffie-Hellman key generation. This only
works for "standard" key sizes (1024, 1596 and 2048). The
default is on. To turn this off, use: pgpk +fastkeygen=0 -g
HTTPKeyServerHost
String. The name of a keyserver to use in default lookups (see
AutoServerFetch, above). The default is pgpkeys.mit.edu.
HTTPKeyServerPort
Integer. The port to use for connections to the default key
server as specified in HTTPKeyServerHost, above. The default is
11371, the default port for the Horowitz Key Protocol.
Language
String. The country code of the language you wish to use. The
default is "us."
LanguageFile
String. The file from which to load runtime strings. The
default is "language50.txt" in your .pgp directory. If this
file does not exist, PGP will use internal defaults.
MyName String. The key ID you wish to be default for signing opera‐
tions and the EncryptToSelf option, above. There is no default;
however, if none is specified, the first secret key on your
secret keyring will be used for most operations.
NoBatchInvalidKeys
Boolean. If True, batch mode will fail if the user attempts to
encrypt to a key that is invalid or not completely valid. If
false, batch mode will use invalid keys. Note that this option
only applies to batch mode; normally, PGP will ask the user to
confirm prior to encrypting to in an invalid key. The default
is on.
PubRing
String. Your public keyring file. The default is "pubring.pkr"
in your .pgp directory.
RandomDevice
String. Entropy-generating device. If present, it will be used
in favor of asking the user for keyboard input. The default is
"/dev/random."
SecRing
String. Your secret keyring file. The default is "secring.skr"
in your .pgp directory.
WarnOnMixRSADiffieHellman
Boolean. Warns the user if encrypting to multiple keys, one or
more of which is RSA and one or more of which is DSS/Diffie-
Hellman. The reason for this warning is that most RSA key own‐
ers will still be using 2.6.2, which will not properly decrypt
such messages. The default is on.
WarnOnRSARecipAndNonRSASigner
Boolean. Warns the user if encrypting to an RSA key, but sign‐
ing with a DSS/Diffie-Hellman key. The reason for this warning
is that most RSA key owners will still be using 2.6.2, which
will not properly decrypt such messages. The default is on.
BUGS
See pgp5(1).
SEE ALSOpgp5(1), pgpe(1), pgpv(1), pgps(1), pgpk(1), pgp-integration(7),
http://www.pgp.com (US versions) and http://www.pgpi.com (International
versions)
PGP JULY 1997 (v5.0) PGP(5.0)
